Edge construction for furniture tops



Dec. 15, 1931. .1. A. FITCH EDGE CONSTRUCTION FOR FURNITURE TOPS FiledNov. 21, 1928 rill/111M011 h m M. w a

ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 1 5, 1931 U irEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JASON. A. FITCH, or YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR To THE GENERALrinnrnoorme COMPANY, or YOUNGSTOWN, 01110, A CORPORATION or OHIO EDGECONSTRUCTION FOR FURNITURE TO PS Application. filed November 21, 1928.Serial No. 320,922.

This invention relates to tops for metal furniture, and moreparticularly to a novel edge construction for providing a finished edgeand side for counter'height sections,

" 3 a metal desks, tables and the like.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a simple,- practical andreliable means for concealing the edge of the linoleum surface usuallyused on metal tops, and to also provide a finished appearance for theflange of the top below thebead portion which both protects and concealsthe edge of the linoleum. r

A further object of the invention is to provide a constructionconsisting of a minimum number of parts which may be readily assembledand held in their applied or fixed positions by the mere act ofassembling the same in telescopic relation.

With the above and other objects in view 7 which will more readilyappear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the sameconsists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of partshere inafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

A preferred and practical embodiment of the invention is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1' is a sectional perspectiveview illustrating the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view illustrating the manner ofassembling.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the combined facing and lockingstrip.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings, the table topT is covered by a suitable surfacing of linoleum or the like designatedgenerally as L, and the said top T is provided with down-turned flange Twhich depends from the lower edge of the linoleum surface. To provide abead strip and also a facing to finish the edge of the top, the presentinvention contemplates the use of a novel bead strip A and a combinedfacing and locking strip B.

Referring first to the bead strip A it will be observed that the sameincludesarounded head portion 1 and a depending flange or body 2. Therounded'head portion 1 is joined with the flange 2 by an angularor-substantially horizontal connecting wall 3, and the latter isprovidedin the angle formed be tween itself and the outer surface of the flange2 with a locking groove 4.

The combined locking and facing strip B is of substantially U-shaped orchannel forma-'.

tion and is made of relatively heavy resilient metal. As shown in thedrawings, this strip includes the inner and outer walls 5 and 6respectively, the same being connected by the web7 and-the former havingthe-out-turned guiding portion 5a. while the latter is provided at itsupper free edge with'the inwardly oifset locking rib 8 adapted to fitinto the keeper groove 4 v 7 As shown in Fig. Sthe strip B is made sothat initiallythe walls 5 and 6' converge to provide a relativelyconstricted mouth or throat portion C between the inner edge of the rib8 and the inner surface of the guiding portion 5a. Thus, when the stripis applied to the flange T of the table top and the portion 2 of thebeadstrip, it is placed under tension to hold the parts tightlyassembled.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be observed thatthe bead strip A isplaced beside the flange '1" of the table top, and then the combinedlocking and facing strip B is moved upwardly, that is, into telescopicrelation to said members until the locking rib 8 registers with thekeeper groove 4. Aspreviously indicated, the walls 5 and 6 of thecombined locking and facing strip are made so that the entrance end ofthe channel member is narrower than the base, thereby keeping the entirelocking strip under permanent tensionwhen it is engaged with the flangeof thetable' top and the body of the bead strip.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the present inventionincludes a minimum number of parts namely, the bead strip A andthecombined locking and facing strip B whichmay be moved into assembledrelation by the mere actof fitting the facing strip over the flange ofthe top and the body portion of the beadstrip. Also, the innerlockedrelation of the bead strip and the facing strip serves to securely holdthe bead V strip in position so that in the applied posiskilled in theart, and it will of course be understood that changes in the form,proportion and minor details of Construction may be resorted to, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention and scope of the appendedclaims.

I claim 1. In an edge construction for furniture tops, thecombinationwith the top having a flange, of a beadstrip having, a keeper groove.and a combined facing and locking strip including opposite resilientwalls, one of said walls being provided with an outwardly turned guidinglip and the other being formed with an inturned locking bead adapted tofit into said groove when the parts are in assembled relation.

2. An edge construction for furniture tops comprising in combinationwith the top having a down-turned flange and a layer of surfacingmaterlal on the top, of a bead strip having a portion concealing theedge of the surface material for the top and also having a vertical bodyportion lying next to said flange, and a combined facing and locking.strip movable in a direction parallel to the said down-turned flange totelescopically engage with said flange and the body of the bead strip.

3. An edge construction for furniture tops comprising in combinationwith the top havin; a down-turned flange and a layer of sur facingmaterial on the top, of a bead strip having a portion concealing theedge of the surface material for the top and also having able in adirection parallel to the down turned flange to telescopically fit overthe body of the bead strip and the depending flange to hold the beadstrip in position.

5. An edge construction for furniture tops comprising in combinationwith the top having a down-turned flange and a layer of surfacingmaterial thereon, of a bead strip hav ing a bead portion for concealingthe edge of the surface material on the top and also having a dependingbody portion and a groove formed between the body portion and the beadportion, and a single resilient channel member movable in a directionparallel to the said down-turned flange to telescopically fit over thebody of the bead strip and said flange, and an inturned rib carried byone edge of the channel member and adapted to flt in said groove of thebead strip.

6. In an edge construction for furniture tops, the combination with thedown-turned flange of the top member and a bead strip overlying the faceof said flange, of a single channel-shaped member having resilient sidewalls adapted to telescopically fit over and engage said flange andstrip by movement in a direction parallel to said flange.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JASON A. FITCH.

a vertical body portion lying next tosaid flange, a combined facing andlocking strip movable in a direction parallel to said downturned flangeto telescopically engage with said flangeand the body of the bead strip,and cooperating means on the combined facing and locking strip and onthe body of the bead strip for interlocking said strips together.

4. An edge construction for furniture tops comprising in combinationwith a top memher having a down-turned flange and a layer of surfacingmaterial on the top, of a bead strip having a bead portion forconcealing the edge of the surfacing material and also having a verticaldepending body portion adapted to lie parallel with the flange, asubstantially channel shaped combined facing and'lockingstrip having thewalls thereof normally bent toward each other .and mov-

